Season 3 kicks off with a deep-dive conversation between Andy Ellis and his running mate for Lieutenant Governor, Owen Silverman Andrews. Recorded on Election Day 2025 and premiering the very next evening, this episode sets the stage for the year ahead—goals, strategy, and how a Green, people-powered campaign can reshape Maryland politics.

What we cover:

Why Owen joined the ticket—and what he’s most excited about

Public Campaign Financing in Maryland: what problem it solves, how it works, and how grassroots donors can help us qualify and win with organizing-first fundraising

Debate Access: the plan to get invited to the general-election gubernatorial debates hosted by Maryland Public Television (MPT) and how you can help

Winning the Maryland Green Party Primary: how it works and why it matters for movement building

The 1–4% General Election Goal (≈25,000–100,000 votes): what indicators to watch and how supporters can move the needle

Movement Building: growing durable alternatives beyond the two-party system

Quick links

Campaign website: gogreen2026.com

All links & socials: https://linktr.ee/gogreen2026

Debate-stage petition (tell MPT to include all qualified candidates): gogreen2026.com/debate

Jose Del Toro was Born in Guadalajara, Mexico and raised in the western town in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico where he completed his bachelors of science in Biology.

Now, he is a master of public policy candidate at the University of Maryland-Baltimore county. His research areas are aging policy, social policy and its intersections with inequality.

Jose is a volunteer on our campaign team, focused on analyzing policy and watching the general assembly.

Jose helped me draft the campaign reply to Moore’s budget and has written a policy brief that is up on our website. Today we are going to talk about Wes Moore’s FY 2026 budget, economic policy in and inequality in Maryland. and what a different kind of politics might look like.

LINKS

Campaign Reply to Moore's Budget https://www.gogreen2026.com/news/response-to-governor-moores-fy2026-budget

Jose's Policy Brief About Moore's Budget

https://www.gogreen2026.com/news/policy-brief-md-budget-2026

This address is a reply to the February 5th, 2025 State of the State Address by Maryland Governor Wes Moore. Andy Ellis is a candidate for Governor in Maryland in 2026, seeking the Green Party nomination. You can learn more on his website GoGreen2026.com